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The operating system that powers more than 90% of the world’s top servers and cloud infrastructure as well as the internet, Android smartphones, supercomputers, connected cars and the International Space Station was almost named “Freax.” “I think I emailed five people about the 0.0 …
Wider use of automation tools fuels IT democratization among Red Hat customers
There is a saying in the business world that “customers vote with their feet,” meaning they will move toward products they prefer to use and willfully ignore others. A form of this is currently playing out in the IT automation space where …
New Citrix app delivery solution is tailored for virtual hybrid cloud world realities
Citrix Systems Inc. took advantage of the first in its series of three Launchpad events on September 28 to unveil a new, intent-based cloud solution that automates application delivery and security in real-time. The Citrix App Delivery and Security Service is designed …
IBM’s new managed infrastructure services business will rely on Red Hat automation
In October 2020, IBM announced that it would spin-off its infrastructure services business unit into a new, independent company. Over the ensuing year, the new, free-standing business has begun to take shape. The new company was named Kyndryl by IBM, a loose blending …
Automation’s popularity drives organizational change and a fresh look at enterprise coding
With a preview of the latest version for Ansible Automation Platform in September, much of the discussion by Red Hat Inc. executives has been focused on taking automation everywhere and making it easier to do so. The key learning from this recent …
UiPath’s vision for RPA and the future of automation in the spotlight at Forward IV, Oct. 5-6
When UiPath Inc. was meeting with investors as part of a successful initial public offering earlier this year, it led with the following statement on the first slide of its financial presentation: “We make software robots, so people don’t have to be …
VMworld provides opportunity to gauge VMware’s future plans for Tanzu and Telco Cloud Oct. 5-7
Over the course of its 23 years, VMware Inc. has taken on the persona of a big-wave surfer. The company has ridden a multitude of major technology waves and emerged relatively unscathed on the other side. This journey has included following a …
Acquisitions fuel HPE’s latest enhancements for data protection through GreenLake platform
When Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. purchased Zerto Inc. for $374 million last year, it was expected the acquisition would result in new solutions for the data management and protection space. Those expectations became clearer on Tuesday when HPE announced new solutions for …
HPE adds unified analytics and native Kubernetes object store to GreenLake offering
IDC has predicted that the big data and analytics software market will reach $110 billion over the next two years. On Tuesday, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. added its own disruptive influence through GreenLake to a transformation of that market. The company announced …
Governance, security and data access: How Privacera offers a platform to ensure all three
The conundrum facing many businesses today is how to have maximum access to data while keeping it compliant and secure. Giving the right people access to the right data and nothing more is the mandate. How a company does that effectively without …